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Balkans 24.12.23 | 13:01

Radev wants Kosovo to recognize a 15,000 strong Bulgarian minority

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev issued a request to Kosovo to recognize the Bulgarian minority. The request is similar to the demand over which Bulgaria is currently blocking Macedonia’s EU accessions, likely refers to the Macedonian minority in the Kosovan south-western mountainous region of Gora. Radev...
Macedonia 27.08.23 | 21:45

Bulgarian President Radev will open a festival of Macedonian song in Sandanski

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev this evening attends a festival of Macedonian music in Sandanski, in the south-western Bulgarian region of Pirin Macedonia. Radev, who is a hardliner on the dispute with Macedonia, will welcome the performers at the Sandanski summer festival. This is part of the Pirin...
Macedonia 06.08.23 | 15:06

Kovacevski sees statements from Radev as promise that Bulgaria will have no additional demands in the future

In an interview with the MIA news agency, Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski insists that Bulgaria will have no future conditions for Macedonia, once the Constitution has been amended. Kovacevski is using comments from Bulgarian officials such as President Radev who says that Bulgaria will have no “new...
Macedonia 26.06.23 | 20:52

Radev: Constitutional amendments only preliminary condition for the country to start EU negotiations, more to follow

In a letter to the European leaders and institutions, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev appeals the acceptation of Republic of Macedonia to be based on the membership criteria, not lobbyist politics. Emphasizing that he has always expressed and defended Bulgaria’s principled position for a consistent...
Macedonia 20.05.23 | 10:16

Bulgaria awards citizenship to heads of two controversial clubs opened in Macedonia

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev granted citizenship to the heads of the two Bulgarian clubs recently opened in Macedonia, which caused serious controversy and deteriorated relations between the two countries. The clubs in Bitola and Ohrid are named after former VMRO leader Vanco Mihajlov and Bulgarian...
News Macedonia 18.05.23 | 17:04

Kovacevski: Delcev’s descendants will include Radev’s compatriots into the Macedonian Constitution

The amendments to the Constitution are part of the negotiating framework with the EU because we are negotiating with the Union, not with Bulgaria and that is why I think that it will continue as a process that, in my opinion, should be completed, answered the Macedonian PM Dimitar Kovacevski, asked to...
Macedonia 12.04.23 | 21:31

Radev responds to Pendarovski, says he invited him to visit Bulgaria at least ten times

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev contradicted the statement from Stevo Pendarovski that they have all but cut all communication, and said that he has reached out to Pendarovski a number of times. In the past years I have invited Pendarovski to visit Bulgaria at least 10 times. His only visit was on October...
Macedonia 12.04.23 | 08:44

Pendarovski says he hasn’t spoken with Rumen Radev since last year

As evidence of the exceptionally bad state of relations between Macedonia and Bulgaria, President Stevo Pendarovski said that he hasn’t seen or spoken to his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev since last year, and the last talk that could be qualified as “constructive” took place two...
Macedonia 02.10.22 | 19:58

Radev reminds Pendarovski that Macedonia will begin EU accession talks only after it meets all Bulgarian demands

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev told his Macedonian counterpart Stevo Pendarovski that the country needs to meet all Bulgarian demands before it will be able to formally open its EU accession talks. Bulgaria wants major changes to the Macedonian historic and national founding narrative, to make them...
Macedonia 01.10.22 | 19:32

I don’t want to discuss history, Pendarovski tells Radev during the Bulgaria – Greece gas link opening ceremony

President Stevo Pendarovski attended the opening ceremony of the gas interconnector between Bulgaria and Greece that took place in Sofia. Macedonia is hoping that this link may help provide much needed gas supplies in the coming winter, as its only import pipeline for Russian gas goes through Bulgaria....
Macedonia 20.05.22 | 21:44

Ivanov: Radev thinks we are that stupid to accept their demands

Journalist Zoran Ivanov, who was fired from the board of the state MIA news agency after his insults aimed at former Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, is at it again. This time the focus of his criticism is Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, who is one of the most hard-line politicians on...
Macedonia 09.05.22 | 12:15

Radev: Bulgaria was under strong pressure over Macedonia, but we endured

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said that the country was under strong international pressure to relent in the dispute with Macedonia, but that it endured. I think that I and the interim Government explained our reasons and positions well and they were accepted. We are talking about human rights and...
Macedonia 05.05.22 | 09:41

Bulgaria wants Macedonia to amend its Constitution before the EU accession talks begin

In his remarks at the conference held in Sofia yesterday, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said that his country wants all open issues with Macedonia to be resolved before it will allow the opening of EU accession talks. Bulgaria remains on the position that it wants the disputed political issues with...
Macedonia 03.05.22 | 13:48

Bulgarian Academy moderated the event it plans on Goce Delcev, after President Radev used it to push his nationalist agenda

Ahead of the planned conference on Goce Delcev in Sofia, that will take place tomorrow, the organizers from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences BAN have moderated the invitation. The conference was initially announced by hardline President Rumen Radev as an even dedicated to the “Apostle of Macedonian...
Macedonia 13.04.22 | 16:26

Bulgarian President Radev supports separating Macedonia and Albania from the EU enlargement group

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said that his country will allow Albania to open its EU accession talks but remains a “no” on Macedonia. Radev said that Macedonia still has not implemented the demands from the Bulgarian package named 4+1 and blamed the Zaev and Kovacevski governments...
Macedonia 06.04.22 | 13:01

Bulgaria plans to speed up the issuing of dual passports in Macedonia and other countries in the region

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev convened a meeting of top Government officials to put forward a new policy on issuing passports to ethnic Bulgarian abroad. Under this policy, during the previous administrations, Bulgaria has issued between 80 and 120 thousand passports to Macedonian citizens, as well...
Macedonia 05.04.22 | 13:17

Bulgarian President Radev pledges no veto policy for Albania, but remains tough on Macedonia

During a meeting with Albanian President Ilir Meta, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said that his country unconditionally supports the opening of EU accession talks with Albania. Radev left out Macedonia from his remarks, indicating that the still wants the veto against Macedonia to remain in place....
Macedonia 31.03.22 | 17:32

Bulgarian President Radev says that the census shows that Bulgarians in Macedonia live in fear

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev met with EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi to discuss the relations with Macedonia after the census, that showed only 3,500 Bulgarians in Macedonia. This is a major problem for Bulgaria, which wanted to see the number reflect the over 80,000 dual citizenships...
Macedonia 22.02.22 | 13:11

During a meeting with Bulgarian representatives, President Radev repeats his demand for constitutional amendments in Macedonia

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev had another meeting with representatives of ethnic Bulgarians from Macedonia, and again underlined his demand that Macedonia includes them in its Constitution. It’s a second such meeting Radev held in months and it included representatives from cultural organizations...
Macedonia 04.02.22 | 21:23

As President Radev declared Goce Delcev to be an “old Bulgarian revolutionary”, Prime Minister Petkov asked that his legacy is not used to divide Macedonians and Bulgarians

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev honored Goce Delcev as “an old Bulgarian revolutionary who planted the flag for liberation of the Macedonian soil”. Radev and Prime Minister Nikola Petkov attended a gathering in Blagoevgrad, in the province of Pirin Macedonia, which was one of the centers...
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